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[Arterial fibromuscular dysplasia as a factor in sudden cardiac death in young adults].

O D YagmurovE P FedotovaZ V DavydovaE Yu KalininaN M Anichkov
Published in: Sudebno-meditsinskaia ekspertiza (2022)
The objective of the study is to consider the problem of diagnostics of a rare vasculopathy, fibromuscular dysplasia of coronary arteries, by the case study of a 19-year-old serviceman, an athlete with sudden death occurred during slight physical exertion. After repeated histological examination as part of the forensic medical examination, the diagnosis was made: «multifocal fibromuscular dysplasia of the coronary arteries and ascending aortic arch, complicated by acute left ventricular failure.» This disease often manifests with the acute coronary syndrome in people of young age. Therefore, special attention was given to the macroscopic and histological features of fibromuscular dysplasia of arteries.
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